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Archaea > Crenarchaeota > Desulfurococcales > Desulfurococcaceae

Preferred term

Desulfurococcaceae  

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Entry terms

  • Desulfurococcus
  • Ignicoccus
  • Staphylothermus
  • Stetteria
  • Sulfophobococcus
  • Thermodiscus
  • Thermosphaera

Scope note

  • A family of archaea, in the order DESULFUROCOCCALES, consisting of anaerobic cocci which utilize peptides, proteins or carbohydrates facultatively by sulfur respiration or fermentation. There are eight genera: AEROPYRUM, Desulfurococcus, Ignicoccus, Staphylothermus, Stetteria, Sulfophoboccus, Thermodiscus, and Thermosphaera. (From Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2d ed)

History note

  • 1998

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019620

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